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Podcast Episode: July 29th 2026
Pip: Mayo. All-Ireland champions. Sentences I genuinely thought I’d be filing under “theoretical” for another decade at least. Mara: Brendan has been writing about exactly that — the weight of what just happened, what it means for a county that’s carried this particular burden longer than most of its supporters have been alive. That’s the…
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Selections for Galway – July 29th 2026
5.05: JEROBAUM MACHIN – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 5.35: HEES DYNAMITE – EW – (PADDY O’BRIEN (5)/ERIC MCNAMARA) 6.05: TWO PAIR – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH/PAUL NOLAN) 6.40: JESSE EVANS – EW – (SAM EWING/NOEL MEADE) 7.15: ABBOTSFORD (FINNY MAGUIRE/DERMOT WELD) 7.50: JOHNNY SODA – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 8.20: RAKKI – EW…
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Only a stone wouldn’t cry as faith restored in life
I don’t know if (m)any of the Mayo entourage would ever have heard of the legendary American colleges basketball coach, the late Jimmy Valvano, but, they are the living epitome of his mantra – “Don’t give up, don’t ever give up”.
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Selections for Galway – July 28th 2026
4.40: GOMEZ ADDAMS (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.10: LOVE ME TENDER (HARRY COBDEN/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.45: A SNOW WHITE PARK – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/MAGS MULLINS) 6.15: SILVER KISS – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.45: LIR SPECIALE – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/BRIAN ELLISON, IN GB) 7.15: ITSNEVERJUSTONE – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/DAVID LOUGHNANE, IN GB)…
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Selections for Galway – July 27th 2026
5.10: WITCHES FAMILIAR (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.40: MART LANE – EW – (FINNY MAGUIRE/BARRY CONNELL) 6.10: ONE NUMBER (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.40: LARK IN THE MORNIN – EW – (DAIRE DAVIS (7)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 7.15: COINCIDENTAL GLORY – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 7.50: MADBADANDDANGEROUS – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 8.20: TEOFIL – EW…
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Racing’s slippery slope
In the last racing content – other than selections – which appeared in this space, mention was made of the fact that Pat Kelly, one of the smallest trainers in Ireland, albeit a very successful one, has had his licence suspended until further notice. Seemingly over something to do with discrepancies in animal medical records.…
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Selections for Gowran Park – July 25th2026
1.40: SEAXBURH (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.12: PRINCESS CHLOE (TERRY CASEY (7)/DANNY MURPHY) 2.44: DYNAMIC FORCE – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 3.22: AMADEUS MOZART (RONAN WHELAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.55: VISHAYA (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
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Is it time to call in HMRC?
Relax. Reference is not being made to King Charlie’s money grabbers. Rather one wonders is it time to convene a hurling equivalent to Jim Gavin’s Football Review Committee (FRC). Perhaps called the Hurling Management Review Committee. Hence the play on words! Hurling needs a review. That is not, in any way, to detract from the…
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Selections for Wexford – July 23rd 2026
4.00: GAME POINT (DONAGH MEYLER/RAY CODY) 4,35: ARE YOU AROUND (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.10: COSTANUCI – EW – (OLIVE QUEALLY (7)/JOHN QUEALLY) 5.45: JURY FOREMAN – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (5)/PAUL NOLAN) 6.20: CLEVER COURT – EW – (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (3)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 6.55: HATTFIELD HAMMER – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (5)/PAUL NOLAN) 7.30: SYOSSET –…
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Selections for Naas – July 22nd 2026
5.30: MAN’S BEST FRIEND (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.00: BAD BOY RIZZ – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 6.30: CONCORDE LANDED (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 7.00: COCONUT COVE – EW – (JACK MITCHELL/ROGER VARIAN, IN GB) 7.30: FAMOUS ENOUGH – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (2*)/PAT FOLEY) 8.00: CONTRARY TO LAW (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 8.30: SUZIE SONGS (COLIN…
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